September 11, 2018

Have US counterterrorism efforts improved since 9/11?

On the 17th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, terrorism expert Daniel Byman joins the 5 on 45 podcast to reflect on the progress of counterterrorism efforts in the United States and the status of terrorist groups worldwide.

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Looking forward, Brendan Stickles writes that American defense strategy must adapt to a new generation of U.S. military recruits, the youngest of whom were born in the year of the attacks and for whom the Great Recession—not 9/11—was the formative national event of their youth.

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Watch live: Responding to the global financial crisis

Ten years after the financial crisis, it is important to understand how and why the elements of the response by U.S. authorities were designed the way they were. Starting today, the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at Brookings and the Program on Financial Stability at the Yale School of Management bring some of the experts who were actively involved in designing those elements together for a two-day event. View the agenda and watch today’s panel discussions live online starting at 10 AM ET.  

Don’t miss a special event Wednesday as CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin interviews former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, and former Treasury Secretaries Tim Geithner and Hank Paulson.

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As midterm elections near, smaller, redder places show more economic growth

Mark Muro and Jacob Whiton examine the causes of rapid employment growth in rural America over the last two years and whether it may boost Republican prospects this November.

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